A Suelo Life?
After reading, viewing, and pondering the Suelo- Modern Transcendentalist Article, Suelo's Website, and Suelo's Blog Link, what are you drawn to acknowledge or critique regarding his
"Transcendental" perspective on life and the way he tries to "live
deliberately?" Please argue using quotations and other evidence to
support your claims. This blog response is due on Wednesday, November 20th by 3:40p.m.
posted by Greg T at Wednesday, November 13, 2019
22 Comments:
people who are living in the transcendentalism way. They want to live the way we're intended to. Suelo is a modern-day Transcendentalism person. He does not want anything that is coming from a corrupt society. He wants to live free without no worries.
I think that Daniel Suelo is honestly wasting his time. I think he is just trying to prove a point that money is pointless, but he is very unsuccessful in doing this. All he is showing is how terrible life can be if you try to live without money. The point he is trying to make is very unrealistic. I think that he should get a job and live life like everyone else.
I think Suelo’s transcendentalistic way of life is very interesting. He didn’t know exactly what his life would look like without money, but he was willing to take the risk and stand up for his beliefs. Thoreau once said, “You must live life in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment” (Thoreau). By giving up money, Suelo doesn’t ever worry about what his financial future will look like, so he is able to live in the present.
I don't like the way that he lives his life. I think that it is unfair that he just takes everybody's old stuff and doesn't do any work of his own. I think that it is dishonorable to a guy who gets all of his stuff through dumpster diving. I also think that it is very unreliable because what if they stop throwing out food that is still edible? He would be unable to eat. Once he gets old, what will he do? He won't have money to pay for people to take care of him.
Some people want to live in a way that is looked upon other like how other like to live. But Suelo has the tendency to live alone and do his own thing. He believes that the money factor will result in a corruption so he stays away from the possibility of a corrupt currency system.
After reading about Suelo and how me maneges to live without money made me realize how unimportant money is. If he has managed the past 16 years and not spent a dime I could probably go at least a week doing the same thing. I think in many ways money is the main control of our life. For example many people don't go into there ideal profession because it doesn't make enough money, leaving many adult unhappy. I think we should all think about in what ways money controls us and how we can let that go.
One of his main arguments is that money is the root of sin in people. Money and the human addiction to it is crippling and means that we spend so much time chasing money and wealth rather than enrichment and advancement of the self. I'd say his argument is rather sound. While bold and quite out there, its still a solid idea, and creating something that gives power to some people more than others, especially in the way that it is distributed and inherited in the modern era. Although, you certainly could criticize his lifestyle. He isn't truly not using money, because a lot of how he sustained himself was through the waste of those in society. And while you could argue that it isn't possible to lead a life without money if anyone has money, I still think he could've done more to prove the narrative.
This reminds me a lot of the Into the Wild book I read last year. I think this is a very interesting concept and one that I would like to learn more about. I am curious as to how he good food and clean water but I amend him on his individuality and spirituality and being able to go without all things material for so long
I don't fully agree with what Suelo has to say about living alone, isolated from society, however, I do see that he definitely has a point about staying away from money and corruption. Suelo believes that humans were made to live without money, and therefore avoid the corruption that it brings, and I can agree with this because humans did not originally evolve to make economies and gain economic power and corruption. However, at the same time, Suelo leeches of this society he dislikes so much by taking the unwanted clothes and food others didn't want, thus still contributing to or modern society in a parasitic way.
I think Suelo's way of living is unique. He's doing his own thing without the use of any currency. But in the long run I think that this way of living will catch up to him. So he should just find a job.
I think that Suelos way of life, isn't made for everyone. While he believes that money is causing addiction and corruption, it also helps people create a better life for themselves. His way of life is such that he doesn't want anything to do with our corrupt society, and I don't think I would be able to get rid of using money altogether because I depend on it on a daily basis.
After reading Suelo's blog and learning about the way that he lived I don't really agree with him but i can see where he's coming from. I respect the man because i couldn't do it myself for more than a day. I think its cool that he did it and succeeded and I have no problem with it. It's his life he can do what he wants with it.
This Contemporary Transcendentalist makes me reconsider how I live and how my views affect the way I live. For me specifically, I would be unable to live in this way because of how money controls the way we live. Money is what allows us to own what we have and can even dictate the activities we do. This Transcendentalist has made the decision to sacrifice the way he lives in order to care for his parents and not live in a normal way. He lives a mainly stress-free life because of how he is not worried about money which allows him to live the way he would like to live,
Reminds me of what we are learning in western civ. We learned a lot about ancient Greece and the different religions in that times. It seems like people will make religion whatever they want it to be sometimes. I guess he views money as a sin. And that using it would be going against god.
I don't think that Suelo is trying to prove the right point that money is pointless and has no value. He is showing that it is possible to live a life without using any form of currency. In the article it say,"It’s instinctual to live without money; it’s the way we were born, he says. It’s political. The addiction to money fuels corruption, he says, and he refuses to support a corrupt system. There’s also a spiritual basis for his life, a philosophical framework,". I think that he should try and prove to people that money doesn't mean everything in life and that there is no reason that money should cause corruption, not that money has no use at all.
Society is definitely full of issues and it may be impossible for some to find happiness there, but I do not think living in a cave is the way to do it. Plus, he is risking his life without access to healthcare and eating food that may have gone bad. A better way would be living in a house, but with bare necessities if money is not important to you.
I think that what Daniel Suelo did was something that I definitely couldn't do and it was a pretty cool thing. He really in a lot of ways was like the other transcendentalist people because he really wanted to immerse himself and be different but in a different modern day way. I also think that it was cool how much he stuck to his beliefs and didn't let the opinions of other people change his mind.
Im gonna have to agree with Davis Nueske. I have been raised with the mentality of if I want something it is my responsibility to pay for it. I learned very quickly If I didn't work I didn't get paid and In return got nothing. I do not see leaching off of people who work hard as a way to prove a point. There are plenty of ways people can make a lot bigger difference if they work hard for it. Not just by sleeping in a cave.
I think Suelo is being absurd about this way of “living deliberately.” Suelo argues that he didn’t use money because the system is corrupt and as that is partly true, I think money can be essential, even to a transcendentalist. Suelo is trying to ignore how our society is shaped politically and economically, all to prove a point that money isn’t essential. The way mankind has evolved can be seen as beautiful because it shows that we are advancing; getting smarter with a system that works. It might not apply as much today because I do agree that the system is corrupt, but maybe he could try to fix it instead of run away from it.
in his quote deliberately is going against what he does, he lives in a rock and then does nothing but that, to me that's not living with a purpose. On one of his blogs in 2012, he runs into people and has conversations with them about of they feel about the things they like, there was one women who believed in the bible a lot but was not narrow minded about it, they talk and he goes into the next blog starting with "I feel deep down that everyone who comes my way is my teacher" this contradicts his argument of not wanting to follow the "corrupt" government but he learns from people that live only in this government and the learn and believe what the government tells them.
I think that Suelo has a very interesting perspective on life with many pros and cons. In the article he said, “We use all our energy to maintain our possessions, and it becomes an ugly cycle,” I agree with this because humans can be very materialistic and they lose sight of what is really important in life. Also in the article he said, "The point is to live freely, in the present, freely giving and freely taking" and I disagree with this because I feel that people need to work in order to get things because if everyone was just taking things and giving things and not doing any work then the world would fall apart. I believe that his way of just taking old things from people and not doing any work to earn it isn't a very good way to live.
After reading, viewing, and pondering the Suelo- Modern Transcendentalist Article, Suelo's Website, and Suelo's Blog Link I'm interested in his ideas. I like his ideas but not necessarily how he goes about this. His idea of giving up all that he has is understandable. We have to much junk in our lives and it's good to declutter. Him living in a cave away from society and this 'corrupt system' is his own choice and I wouldn't personally every decide to make that choice. What I don't agree with though is him taking things from other people. If he's constantly mooching of of people than he's not being self reliant.
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